Modenus Tim tweeted ‘Bake Me A Cake’ by Northern Lighting from the Stockholm Furniture Fair but we thought it deserved a wider audience. Designed by Morten and Jonas, Bake Me a Cake is made by the inmates in …
In England we have a phrase ‘ As much use as a chocolate teapot’. While American readers ponder that thought, please meet the chocolate light by Alexander Lervick. Modenus met Alexander at the recent Stockholm Design Week where …
Born in Spain, raised in Paris, Mariano Fortuny moved to Venice in 1889, a young man of eighteen. There, he elevated the minor arti decorative to the status of fine art. A “furious Wagnerian,” Fortuny was mesmerized by …
Snakkes is, according to its maker Northern Lighting, a wall-mounted LED speaking board. In other words, it is a light you can write on. We love to communicate. At least, we love to talk. Sometimes we notice that …
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A couple of weeks ago I was pontificating on the Modenus blog about the virtues of genuine vintage as opposed to new pieces made to look old. My gentle rant focused on the stories behind the pieces and …
One of our favorite exhibits of the many great shows during London Design Festival was the Mid-Century Modern corner of Design Junction. So we jumped at the opportunity of seeing more Mid-Century design at Lord’s, the home of …
We all love stories. Some people say that’s what makes us human, we are the only inhabitants of our beautiful blue and green planet who write, paint, sing and simply tell each other stories. And one of the …
To me, Ochre is the equivalent of effortless and understated cool. This brand manages to pull off the impossible: fusing contemporaneity with elegance, classy with funky. They specialize in statement pieces without exclamation marks. For anyone attending London Design Festival …
Based in Seattle and Amsterdam, Graypants are people we are looking forward to meeting at Decorex in London as part of Blogtour. We are, truth be told, as curious to see what they make of Decorex as we …
Jake Dyson , yes, the son of THE Dyson, controls every tiny aspect of the creation of his lights. The design is meticulous, every detail is precise and carefully calculated. Considering the attention he pays to developing a …